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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
2
The rural school must inspire love of rural life and present farm towns as good places for business success and enjoyment. Teachers should act as missionaries and salesmen, persuading 90 percent of country youth to stay in rural districts while welcoming exceptional talents to larger cities.
A conservative defense of arbitration over broad strikes. It argues that nation wide stoppages threaten necessities of life and harm communities, condemns scabs and violence, and calls for fair arbitration to resolve worker versus capitalist disputes. The piece condemns dictation by any side and urges neutral resolution.
An advertising prompt urges readers to study the paper’s ads for potential gains. The note implies financial benefit from following listings and notices within the issue.
A Commerce News summary notes a capable Jefferson County grand jury praised for honesty and lawfulness. It cites concerns about jurors who violate laws and urges exclusion of such individuals from juries. Judge Fortson urges easy compliance for law abiding citizens and hard limits for lawbreakers.
Scientific progress seeks to prevent railroad tragedies with safety devices and reduced trainmen hours. Yet disasters like Sulphur Springs Mo. killing about 40 persist, urging broader automatic appliances. Human vigilance remains traveler’s best safeguard, and roads must select and train enginemen to high standards.
A fad in England and reportedly here urges removing the little toe to wear pointed shoes. Chiropodists warn of permanent limp and argue the toes perform an essential walking function. The piece likens toe removal to foot binding and condemns altering the body as ugly.
A Georgia man in Butler voices distrust of kinfolk saying there are only two kinds of people. The excerpt contrasts a nightly restorative scene with a heat battered day and ends with the rider’s skeptical view of family ties.
A fragmented poem in a 1920s Georgia county paper laments the boll weevil and praises local resolve. It notes Carroll County figures from the U A census 1920, including area 492 square miles, 5 436 farms, average 30 acres cultivated, and dairy milk and egg production.
A Georgia political endorsement praising Judge Dick Russell as an astute campaigner and thoroughly qualified for Chief Justice. The letter lauds his Court of Appeals tenure, reputations for sound law, honesty, and humble background, urging voters to support him. The note is attributed to the Colawitt Signal or similar local paper.
The Sonoma County egg laying contest reports a mortality under 10 percent for the year among hens entered. Local extension workers shared feeding formulas used, health records, and an average of 174 eggs per hen across 884 days. Many poultrymen have adopted the contest methods, with about half of county poultrymen changing their feeding practices in five years due to extension work.
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